The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 13, 2024
Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
c. 2000 BCE
Overall: 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1964.104
Location: 242A Ancient India
Did You Know?
Animals are the most popular motifs in the visual culture of the Indus Valley Civilization, shown much more often than human figures or cityscapes.Description
Small stone seals, probably used to identify merchandise or property, are among the most numerous objects surviving from the protohistoric urban sites along the banks of the Indus River system. This example has a bovine creature with one horn and one ear showing in profile, his head held over an altar-like object.- ?–1964Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art by exchange1964–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.104